Scarlet Pimpernel

Not to get too far off-topic (but we're not in storm mode or anything yet!)...but yeah, they are large birds!! And you can hear their call quite clearly and far away (very distinctive). They don't seem to mind people just sitting there watching them even fairly close. I'd say I was a few yards down from this tree looking up at him, and was using a 500mm lens when I took that. I literally took a dozen or so shots at different angles, and saved the better ones (some were blurry because his head was moving too fast).

OK, so we've had talk of squirrels, big dogs (NOT Dawgs, damn you Georgia!), ducks, albatrosses, whatever. But how about a pileated woodpecker? Saw this guy digging away at a tree nearby where I'm at...he just went about his business and didn't mind me standing there taking several photos. You can see some of the wood chips he tossed aside. I hear when a woodpecker is busy, it portends a snowstorm. Well, not really, but it sounds good!

Better be careful, that's close to pushing @ravensrule's bat signal right there! He's already answered a couple of inadvertent ones earlier in this thread! But seriously, yes, hoping the 18Z GFS keeps this thing going. We're going to see things move around back and forth (with attendant mood swings in here every blasted model cycle!), but it would be nice to keep this storm there and alive.

Better than shitting the blinds, that's for sure!!

Since I have some family members who went to Michigan (and I was one of about 3 people in my HS in Ohio who rooted for them in the UM/OSU game each year!!)...GO BLUE!!! I'd kinda like to see a UM-Wash final, or at least any final without 'Bama in it (always have been "ABB"...Anybody But 'Bama!!). Anyone think that if the winner of the CFP is one of the teams with a loss, that there'd be a TON of "unofficial" discussion about whether UGA should actually be #1? I say this as NO fan of UGA, but consider this: Georgia had that insane win vs. FSU in the Orange Bowl (albeit against an essentially 3rd string Noles team) and they lost by just 3 points in their conference championship to Alabama. Other than the Alabama game, they were dominant this season, really. Regardless, it certainly makes next year's expanded playoff all the more welcoming!

Happy New Year all! Let's hope we can pull in an area-wide solid event this upcoming weekend. It's been far too long since we could actually track something realistic and more than a car-topper. I put this in the medium-range thread at midnight last night, so re-posting here in Banter!! Trading Places...still a hilarious movie!!!

Merry New Year 2024!!!

Just going by memory here, but Commutageddon as I recall was a much more dynamic system (i.e., 500 mb). Rain changed to sleet/ice...literally like chunks of ice falling from the sky for awhile!...and then to heavy snow. Lasted about 5 or so hours (8" snow in that time where I am). (ETA: There was some snow that fell in the early morning too, I seem to remember?)

Trend? Or the Base State??? (I'm not one to talk, as a Cleveland sports fan, where the base state is always "sucks!" )

Wow, FSU is just plain awful. They should just forfeit the 2nd half rather than allow UGA to score another 42 or more points. I say this as an FSU grad (for graduate school). Honestly, they deserve a triple ass-kicking after some 20 of their players decided to "opt out" of playing in the Orange Bowl, either by going into the NFL draft early or into the "transfer pool." I get that there's hard feeling after being snubbed for the final 4 playoff teams, but come on, stick with the team for a high-end bowl game rather than deplete what you have and get embarrassed on the field. Obviously without injured QB Jordan Travis they're not the same team already. But they surely would have been able to compete and stick with UGA if all those other players didn't run off in the last two weeks. UGA is playing against a 3rd string team at this point. Which begs the question...if all the 4 playoff teams end up with one loss, would one actually be able to consider UGA for the Nat'l Champion despite not being in those playoff games? I'm far from a UGA fan, but you do have to wonder. For now, I'm all in for Michigan to win it all...Go Blue!!!

Sadly, Google translate doesn't help with that. There's no "Chuck to English" option!!!! But hieroglyphics works.

Right, and instead of 300+ hour ops GFS plots that look like crap, we get 72+ hour NAM plots that are the equivalent in the short range!!! Bring on the CRAS and (now defunct) DGEX!!!!

Damn, the Panic Room has really devolved, hasn't it?!?!

Yeah, we had done this before, but typically we had a "short range" or "threat" thread when there was something that was reasonably assessed to be quite likely to occur. I'd defer a "threat" thread until we actually really have something that shows up consistently. I don't exactly see that right now. Just my two copper coin's worth (not much!). Though, as @WinterWxLuvr mentioned above, I also recall that we did have a general "short range discussion" thread too, maybe the threat stuff was separate discussions once a real storm took shape. (ETA: Maybe it's been so long since we had a discrete real threat that I have forgotten, LOL!!!)

Red wine for the Reaper, eh?? Lots of left over wine barrels in the Panic Room!

I know, right?!?! Lots of chaff (BS?) to sift through in there to find any nuggets of useful information. If you're not bipolar before reading it, you'll definitely be by the time you're done! Or you'll at least suffer neck pain from whiplash.

Haha, I see what you did there! Mooooo!

But just make sure to wait for the shake!!

I believe Yogi Berra actually said that at some point though, even if it's not originally his? Of course, there's always his, "It's deja vu all over again!"

Oh no!!! Don't tell me Jeb is turning into a jumper...Jumpin' Jebman? So now instead of Jebwalks, we'll resort to Jebjumps???

Since when did a voice of reason ever stop that from happening???

Made me think of "Major League" with..."JUUUUST a bit outside!" (JUUUUST a slight delay!)!!

Well, @WxWatcher007 is officially retired so he won't be visiting anytime soon for the purpose of taking any souls that are crying out! Now, the Panic Room is BYOT...bring your own tombstone, and carve it yourself! I guess it keeps the overhead costs down.

Happy Christmas to you, and to all!! The Reaper is celebrating in style, I understand. Benefits of retirement, half-price Starbucks Holiday drinks to all skeletons over 500 years old!

"Very well, you may take the day. But be here all the earlier the next morning!"